Serving Sara (Full Screen) (2002)

Product Summary Publisher: Paramount Format: DVD UPC: 00097360566345 Buy.com Sku: 40176677 Item#: VWF7PY Category Keywords: Divorce  Love Affairs  Romance  Theatrical Release  Rating:    The one thing that could bring them together is revenge.     Features: DVD   Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley make an irresistible screen team in this "sexy, zany and over-the-top road movie that breaks all the rules"! (Earl Dittmann, Wireless Magazines). Perry stars as Joe Tyler, a process server who will do anything it takes to deliver legal documents to unsuspecting victims. But nothing in Joe's bag of tricks prepares him for Sara (Hurley), the stunning, soon-to-be ex-wife of a playboy cattle baron named Gordon Moore (Bruce Campbell). When Joe serves Sara with Gordon's divorce papers, Sara presents an offer Joe can't refuse: serve Gordon with Sara's papers first...and earn a cool million dollars! Pursued by Joe's greedy boss (Cedric The Entertainer) and bumbling office rival (Vincent Pastore), Joe and Sara begin a wildly funny journey to find Gordon...and discover that nothing heats up romance like riches and revenge.   "Surprisingly amusing..."  Stephen Hnter, Washington Post   Editor's Note Fetching Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) thinks that she is a happily married woman until process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) shows up at her Manhattan apartment to serve her with divorce papers. Sara gives Joe a run for his money, fleeing to the Estee Lauder Salon (a nice touch for those who know Hurley as the company's representative) and dodging him all around New York City. Realizing that she stands to lose everything in the divorce to her Texan cattle-rancher husband (Bruce Campbell) if she is served first, Sara hires Joe to turn the tables and serve her husband first. As the two leave New York for Texas in pursuit of Gordon, they engage in luggage carousel hijinx, have a run-in with a bull, and find themselves at a Monster Truck rally, among other places. Of course, true love is always just around the corner as Sara and Joe spend more time together in pursuit of saving her millions. Vincent Pastore plays Joe's foil, Tony, who has been sabotaging Joe's work for months in order to impress the boss (Cedric "The Entertainer" Kyles) and become the company's star process server. SERVING SARA is directed by Reginald Hudlin (HOUSE PARTY, THE LADIES MAN).   Features Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Director's Commentary Theatrical Trailer 2 Deleted Scenes 3 Extended Scenes 3 Outtakes   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Paramount Release Date: 1/3/2006 Running Time: 99 minutes Original Release Date: 2002 Catalog ID: 056634 UPC: 00097360566345 Number of Discs: 1 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English Available Subtitles: Spanish Video: Color Aspect Ratio 4:3   Cast & Crew Amy Adams Bruce Campbell Cedric The Entertainer Vincent Pastore Elizabeth Hurley Matthew Perry Reginald Hudlin - Director Robert Brinkmann` - Director of Photography Jim Miller - Editor Marcus Miller - Musical Score Dan Halsted - Producer Jay Scherick - Screenplay Radid Ronn - Screenplay    Product Image

For a movie that's guised as a romantic comedy...it's neither funny, nor does it deliver on any well done romance. The stroyline is worse than most made for TV disney movies, and the acting of Matthew Perry is awful, which is depressing seeing that we know he can do much better (The Whole Nine Yards), but I chalk this one up to really bad writing. The story is bad and most of the lines in the movie are written horribly, including most of the jokes, which are neither witty nor amusing. I can truly say I did not laugh once throughout the entire movie. I give this one a pure unadultrated F- and it truly deserves it.
 
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